General Principles of Intellectual Property: Concepts of Intellectual Proper...
Prepostions
1. PREPOSTIONS<br />TIME<br />AT: <br />Hours, times: At seven o’clock<br />Exceptions: at weekend, Christmas, Eaters, at night, at first<br />ON:<br />Days of the week, dates: On Monday, <br />Exception: on Monday morning<br />IN:<br />Parts of the day, week, months, years, centuries : In the morning….<br />DURING/FOR/SINCE<br />I have worked there since last month (point)<br />He has worked for several years (period)<br />He worked there during the war (period/moment)<br />for means from the beginning till the end <br /> during means in a moment of this period<br />BY<br />No later than: we will have finished by Monday <br />By day, by night means during<br />PLACE<br /> POSITION<br />IN<br />Three dimensional space: You can use at if you consider it as a point and in if it is as an space: In Paris, At Paris<br />ON<br />Two dimensional: surfaces or lines: On the road, on the border<br />Exceptions: On the left, on television, on the farm, on an island<br />AT<br />One dimension or points At the bus stop, at 7th Church street<br />Exceptions: at work, at school, at home…<br />OFF<br />Opposite of on: He went off the road<br />AMONG/BETWEEN<br />He was among the trees/ He was between you and me<br />NEXT TO/NEAR/ BY/ AT/BESIDE<br />DIRECTION<br />ACROSS/THROUGH/ALONG : Two dimension<br />He went across the road (surfaces)/He went through the door (spaces)<br />EXPRESSIONS<br />BACK ATDEPEND ONFALL OFFLAUGH AT<br />LEAVE FORRESPONSIBLE FORSUFFER FROM<br />